Charles H. Coolidge Veteran of the Year &
Charles H. Coolidge Associate of the Year
Each year the Chattanooga Area Veterans Council selects a Veteran of the Year and an Associate (non-veteran) of the Year in recognition of support provided to the Veteran Community during the preceding year.
First awarded in in 1985, the award is named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Charlie Coolidge, Signal Mountain, Tennessee.
Each CAVC Member Organization in good standing (dues paid) may submit one nominee for each award.
Charles H. Coolidge Veteran of the Year
(Past Recipients)
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Chris Dooley, Military Officers Association of America, Chattanooga Chapter, 2019
Mickey McCamish, Military Officers Association of America, Chattanooga Chapter, 2018
Bill Raines, Medal of Honor Heritage Center, 2017
Ray Adkins, Military Officers Association of America, Chattanooga Chapter, 2016
Charlie Hobbs, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 203, 2015
Larry Hester, VFW Post 3679, 2014
William K. “Bill” Norwood, American Legion Post 81, 2013
Noah Long, (nominated by) American Legion Post 95, 2012
Dan Saieed, Navy League of the United States, Chattanooga Council, 2011
David Brewer, American Legion Post 95, 2010
Mark Parks, Medal of Honor Museum, 2009
Bill Norton, American Legion Post 95, 2008
Lester Norton Jr., American Legion Post 95, 2007
Fred Headrick, Medal of Honor Museum, 2006
Jim Shull, American Legion Post 107, 2005
Charles Lindy McNabb, DAV Chapter 6, 2004
Jim King, American Legion Post 107, 2003
Milton Thomas, American Legion Post 112 (Dalton GA), 2002
Homer Van Fleet Jr., Retired Officers Association, 2001
Charles Bearden, American Legion Post 14, 2000
Vincent Cain, American Legion Post 112, 1998
Harold Wilson, American Legion Post 14, 1997
Joe Murphy, VFW Post 1289, 1996
George Blair, 82nd Airborne Association, 1995
John Popham, American Legion Post 14, 1994
Ralph Wilson, 82nd Airborne Association, 1993
Carl Levi, American Legion Post 14, 1992
Lloyd Byers, Medal of Honor Museum, 1991
Charles Knowlan, Medal of Honor Museum, 1990
Robert Burgner, Retired Officers Association, 1989
Bryant L. Cook, American Legion Post 159, 1988
Leo B. Smith, Medal of Honor Museum, 1987
Etcycle Rains, DAV Chapter 6, 1986
William Fry, DAV Chapter 6, 1985
Charles H. Coolidge
Associate Veteran of the Year
(Past Recipients)
No qualified nominee for 2019
Stacy Kehoe, Navy League of the United States, Chattanooga Council, 2018
Arlene Kluge, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95, 2017
Ron Galante, Navy League of the United States, Chattanooga Council, 2016
Stacy Kehoe, Navy League of the United States, Chattanooga Council, 2015
Patrick Abercrombie, Navy League of the United States, Chattanooga Council 2014
Jo Bridges, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95, 2013
Stacy Kehoe, Navy League of the United States, Chattanooga Council, 2012
John L. Jones, Sons of the American Legion Squadron 95, 2011
Carol Laing, Medal of Honor Museum, 2010
Stephanie Gabor, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 107, 2009
Janelle Thompson, VFW Post 1289 Auxiliary, 2008
Jo Bridges, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95, 2007
Sharon Hobbs, VVA Chapter 203 Associates, 2006
Carol Horton, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95, 2005
C. Joyce Harris, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95, 2004
Barbara Crabtree, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95, 2003
Sherry Kimbrow, WWI Veterans Barracks 2063, 2001
Marilyn Pickett, DAV Chapter 6, 2000
Charlotte Vandergriff, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 159, 1999
Edith Whitman, WWI Veterans Barracks 2063, 1998
Sue Carman, VFW Post 4848 Auxiliary, 1997
Ellowene Wilson, 82nd Airborne Winged Angels, 1996
Faye England, VFW Post 4848 Auxiliary, 1995
Roberta Stone, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 14, 1993
Shirley Byers, Medal of Honor Museum, 1991
Betty Rose, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95, 1990
Dorothy Stewart, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95, 1989
Eva Hickey, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95, 1988
Katherine Blair, 82nd Airborne Winged Angels, 1987
Edith Adkins, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 14, 1986
Inez McConnell, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 159, 1985